Incumbents
Regal and Vice Regal
Government
The 1tth New Zealand Parliament, Liberal commenced.
Parliamentary opposition
Leader of the Opposition - William Massey (independent until February and thereafter as leader of the Reform Party) [2]
Main centre leaders
Events
- 14 February: The first North Island Main Trunk passenger express train leaves Auckland for Wellington, an overnight trip scheduled to take 19 hours 15 minutes, with a sleeping car, day cars with reclining seats, postal/parcels vans, and a dining car for part of the way.
Undated
- The Canterbury (NZ) Aero Club , the first in New Zealand, is formed by George Bolt.[4]
Arts and literature
See 1909 in art, 1909 in literature, Category:1909 books
Music
See: 1909 in music
Film
See: 1909 in film , List of New Zealand feature films , Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1909 films
Appointments and awards
See:
Sport
National amateur champions
- Heavyweight - M. Ryan (Invercargill)
- Middleweight - S. Monaghan (Ohakune)
- Welterweight - G. Watchorn (Palmerston North)
- Lightweight - J. Finnerty (Invercargill)
- Featherweight - J. Hagerty (Timaru)
- Bantamweight - C. Stewart (Timaru)
Billiards
See Category:New Zealand horse races, list winners.
New Zealand national rugby league team
Births
Category:1909 births
Deaths
Category:1909 deaths
See also
For world events and topics in 1909 not specifically related to New Zealand see: 1909
References
- ^ Statistics New Zealand: New Zealand Official Yearbook, 1990. ISSN 0078-0170 page 52
- ^ "Elections NZ - Leaders of the Opposition". Retrieved on 2008-04-06.
- ^ Christchurch City Libraries
- ^ Rendel, David (1975) Civil Aviation in New Zealand: An Illustrated History. Wellington. A.H. & A.W.Reed. ISBN 0 589 00905 2
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